What are the responsibilities and job description for the TIEH Peer Specialist position at BOLEY CENTER?
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
JOB SUMMARY:
Peer support position working with the TEIH [Treatment of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness] program and community services departments. Provides mentoring services to consumers to assist with the achievement of individualized goals. This position will be housed at the Pinellas County Sheriffs office’s safe harbor campus.
JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Assists the treatment team with assessing strengths and needs of individuals in the program by directly observing/teaching skills, housekeeping, shopping, transportation, budgeting, medication management, laundry, planning leisure activities.
- With treatment team, implements treatment plans that seek to restore a person's functioning in key life roles such as work, family, and community.
- Builds working relationship and maintains regular contact with consumers. Communicates the consumers' needs to treatment team. Reports as appropriate, all unusual events, activities and incidents to supervisor or appropriate team member.
- Assists consumers in accessing resources in the community such as recreational activities, work, medical, dental, etc. Visits consumers at programs or their residence as scheduled or requested.
- Documents consumer and program activities as required.
- Mentors consumers in role recovery activities such as symptom management, relapse prevention, stress reduction and work readiness.
- Directly transports and teaches public transportation to consumers to support independence.
- Participates in agency-wide meetings as needed and attends required meetings.
- Complies with Compliance Plan and standards of conduct and reports any noncompliance to the appropriate official.
- Attends all required training and performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
High School Diploma/GED equivalency.
Six months of responsible work experience, preferably involving interactions with the public.
Knowledge of Recovery Model, counseling techniques, verbal crisis intervention and mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Good skills and demonstrated abilities in communication - verbal and/or written, interpersonal relations, teaching/instructing, counseling, coaching, training, basic math and language, record keeping, evaluating, organizing work, planning, crisis intervention, and such others that are usually and customarily considered necessary for satisfactory completion of essential duties.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
Must comply with all work rules including, but not limited to, attendance. Must not present a direct threat to the safety or health of the worker or others.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work primarily indoors, however, some exposure to outdoors when traveling between facilities or other locations. May be exposed to such environmental conditions as fumes, odors, dust, variable temperatures; exposure to a potential hazard may occur when handling household cleaning chemicals, physical hazard may exist when dealing with unstable or difficult client/tenant.
Exerting up to 30 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical activities including, but not necessarily limited to, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching - above and below waist, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, seeing, hearing, handling, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, driving, etc. at varying frequency and intensity; may be required to satisfactorily accomplish one or more of the essential duties.
WORK MATERIALS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
May include, but may not necessarily be limited to, standard household appliances, household cleaning materials, standard office supplies and equipment, telephone, automobile/van, food preparation equipment/materials.
May include, but may not necessarily be limited to, standard household appliances, household cleaning materials, standard office supplies and equipment, telephone, automobile/van, food preparation equipment/materials.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Valid Florida driver's license required.
This position requires meeting the eligibility requirements of the Agency's vehicle insurance carrier when driving an Agency vehicle or a personal vehicle transporting consumers. Own transportation vehicle and insurance preferred. Must be a consumer of mental health services as defined by the Agency.
Must pass a level II background check and drug screen.
Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability. Veterans encouraged to apply. Boley Centers is a drug-free workplace that adheres to federal regulations as it pertains to marijuana use.
